[escherplex]

...received a phone call from the police telling me to go pay for the gas. I figured it was just an honest mistake and didn't think anything of it

So, given that you paid-up for the gas when requested, you didn't intend to permanently deprive the owner of it which suggests that technically it wasn't larceny and could have been sloughed-off as a misunderstanding. Given you were dealing with an NSA interview, sounds like they were playing a psychological setup game to determine how calmly you would respond under pressure in the context of an intimidating polygraph test. Seems like they weren't too thrilled with the responses they elicited. Would you really want to work for an organization that plays those sort of mind games?

[mmirate]

> Would you really want to work for an organization that plays those sort of mind games?

With each other, on a regular basis, for little more than shits, giggles and office-politics? Probably not.

Which is why it's more likely that this mind game isn't just some office antic, but instead means to mimic some class of situations that some kinds of three-letter-agency personnel could be required to overcome.

[wamsachel]

>Would you really want to work for an organization that plays those sort of mind games? reply

No, I don't anymore. But at the time I was excited for the opportunity

[wolco]

You dodged a bullet.

[mplewis]

That hiring practice sounds terrible when you frame it like that. It seems like a great way to build a terribly aggressive, pressure-driven monoculture.

[s73v3r_]

"Would you really want to work for an organization that plays those sort of mind games?"

I would like to work for an organization that pays me so I can buy food and pay rent.

[abledon]

I'd definitely want that type of ruthless organization defending my country.